Folding suit-hanger



L. W. TOWNSEND. FOLDINGSUIT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.12, 1920.

1,349,022, at nt dAug. 10,1920.

I N VENTOR. Wow W; 75w-s5-n LAYTON WATTON TOWNSEND, OF HAMILTON,ONTARIO, CANADA.

FOLDING SUIT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Application filed February 12, 1920. Serial No. 358,281.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAYTON TVATTON TOWNSEND, of the city of Hamilton, inthe county of lVentworth, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Suit-Hangers, ofwhich the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding suit hangers and theobject of the invention is to devise a hanger of this type which can befolded into very small space for shipping or packing and which will bevery cheap to make; a further object is to make a hanger of such formthat it can be shipped in the knock down position and can be easily andquickly assembled for use without any tools.

My invention consists of a horizontal member, and two inclined memberspivotally mounted on the horizontal member near the ends thereof and asupporting hook passing through engaging orifices in the free ends ofthe inclined members, all as more particularly described and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows my hanger in the assembled form.

F ig. 2 shows the hanger partially folded.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the hanger in the folded form.

Fig. 4: is a side view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the supporting hook; and Fig. 6 is a side viewthereof.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent views.

1 is the horizontal member. 2 and 8 are the inclined side members. 4 and5 are nails or rivets pivotally connecting the members 2 and 3 to themember 1. 6 and 7 are orifices extending through the members 2 and 8near their upper ends and adapted to register with each other. 8 is thesupporting hook which has the upper hook portion 9 and the lower hookportion 10 disposed at right angles to each other.

My hanger is constructed as follows:

hen constructed in the factory the inclined members 2 and 3 arepivotally mounted to the'member 1 by means of the nails or rivets 4 and5, and the orifices 6 and 7 are made in the members 2 and 3. The

lower hook portion 10 is left open as shown in Fig. 6, and the hanger isshipped in the folded position as shown in Figs. 3 and-4 with the hookdetached. All that is necessary in assembling the hangers for use is topass the hook portion 10 through the orifices 6 and 7 which secures thehanger in the open position. lVhen open the hanger is in triangular formwith the apex uppermost. The hook portion 10 can be closed in by thethumb after being inserted in position so that it cannot becomedisengaged.

It will be noted that all the arms of my hanger are of simple straightpieces of wood and are not in anyway shaped. The two side arms 2 and 3are identical in form and are made from a rough block by simply drillingthe end holes then cutting on a multiple saw. The horizontal member 1 issimilarly made.

No planing is necessary as the rough sawed pieces are simply smoothed ina tumbler device.

The chief advantages of my hanger reside in the very small space whichit occupies when being shipped or stored and with the simplicity andcheapness of construction. It is particularly suitable for what arecalled giveaway hangers which are so extensively used as an advertisingmeans for tailors, dress-makers, etc. Any desired advertising matter maybe printed on the flat sides of the members.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have oevised a very simple anduseful suit hanger.

hat I claim as my invention is:

A folding suit hanger comprising three straight members, two of saidmembers being of equal length and shorter than the third member, theshorter members being pivotally connected at one end to the third memberadjacent its ends and on opposite sides thereof, a hook member pivotallyconnecting the free ends of the shorter members, and the three membersbeing adapted to fold in parallelism with each other upon removal of thehook for a purpose specified.

LAYTON WATTON TOWNSEND. lVitnesses:

JOHN G. HAYWARD, GERTRUDE NICHOLSON.

